15 SEPTEMBER 1906

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On Friday and Saturday of last week the German Emperor

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delivered in Silesia three speeches of a somewhat flamboyant type on the future of Germany. In the first he eulogised the Army, and recalled the fact that a hundred years had...

The little town of Siedlce, in Poland, has been the

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scene of a pogrom. of the most inhuman kind. The population of the place is some twenty-eight thousand, of whom twelve thousand are Jews. Rioting began last Saturday, and...

The Times of Tuesday summarised a remarkable letter published in

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the Siecie by a German Professor who visited England along with the deputation of journalists in June. The writer gives this country no credit for disinterested hospitality....

Last Saturday Father Francis Xavier Wemz, a German Jesuit, was

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elected General of the Society of Jesus by a majority of seventy-one votes. The new General was born in Wiirtemberg in 1842, is a distinguished authority on canon law, and is...

We cannot but regret that the newspapers should give so

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much prominence to the agitation that is now going on in Bengal. No doubt that agitation should be carefully watched, and, we presume, is being watched, by the India Office ;...

NEWS Ob THE WEEK.

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T HE latest news from Cuba points to events of far- reaching importance. President Palma still declares that he can subdue the rising, but so far his optimism has received...

e, The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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Mr. Haldane ends by pointing out that the General Staff

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will be judged by the men it produces. "If they prove them- selves to be pedantic theorists,-if they get out of touch with the Army, or if they exercise their authority by...

The Board of Trade Returns for the month of August

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con- stitute a record both as regards exports and imports. Imports show an increase over those in August last year of over two millions, while the exports are larger by close on...

That the establishment of a General Staff is a wise

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step we have no sort of doubt. We sincerely hope with Mr. Haldane that it will be allowed a free scope, and that those mysterious forces which have so often produced ruin or...

The events of the past week in South Wales are

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very far from bearing out Mr. Keil. Hardie's boast that the Trade- Unions might safely be raised above the law, since they could be trusted to do all things in order and...

The chairman of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, Sir W.

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H. Holland, speaking at the annual meeting at Bristol on Tuesday, told the same tale as the statistics. There were industries, he declared, and important ones, which had been...

On Thursday an Army Order was published constituting a General

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Staff for the British Army. The General Staff is to be composed of two divisions,—the General Staff at headquarters, and the General Staff in commands and districts. The former...

The publication of this Army Order is supplemented by an

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interesting explanatory Memorandum by the Secretary of State for War. He points out how the British Army has hitherto never possessed a General Staff, but how necessary, such an...

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The extracts which the Times prints every day from its

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columns of a hundred years ago are always good reading, but perhaps none has been more interesting from a literary point of view than that of Tuesday. It is dated Septem- ber...

. The Congress discussed on Wednesday the question of Preferential

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Trade. The Congress of the Chambers of Com- merce of the Empire in July passed a resolution in favour of it, but Wednesday's gathering took a different line. It was admitted on...

A hundred years ago last Thursday died Charles James Fox.

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In spite of the fact that Mr. Fox charmed all his con- temporaries, irrespective of their political views, and that at his death Wordsworth and Scott bewailed a great English-...

Though it militates so strongly against its demand for a

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Protective tariff as necessary to preserve British trade and commerce, we note that the Daily Mail has the candour to admit that the condition of the home trade is at the...

The Spectator Experimental Company was disbanded at Hounslow on Tuesday,

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on the completion of its six months' training. We have dealt with the whole subject elsewhere, and will only say here that we trust in about a fortnight's time to be able to...

The Standard of Thursday makes a most interesting sugges- tion,

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and one which we sincerely trust will take practical shape. It is that owners of motor-boats, craft which we excel in building, and which are now becoming the instruments of a...

Last Saturday the first eight-oared race between in American and

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an English University took place over the Putney to Mortlake course, when a Harvard crew was opposed by Cambridge. The weather was perfect, and the race was witnessed by a...

Bank Rate, 4 percent., changed from 31 per cent. Sept.

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13th. Consols (21) were on Friday 86—on Friday week 86i.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE " SPECTATOR " EXPERIMENTAL COMPANY, AND WHAT IT HAS ACCOMPLISHED. T HE Spectator Experimental Company, having com- pleted its six months' training, was disbanded on Tuesday....

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UNIVERSAL TRAINING.

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W BILE watching the development of the Spectator Experimental Company from week to week during the past six months we have, we are bound to confess, very considerably altered...

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THE VISIT OF THE AMIR TO INDIA.

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T HE Afghan policy of the British Government has long been a settled thing. Afghanistan is a buffer-State, and. it is worth while to realise what this term implies. It is not a...

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THE "BLACK POPE."

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T HE journalists of Europe have been busily occupied for the last week in exaggerating an event which • but for preoccupations and prejudices would be regarded as an ordinary...

RIVAL MEMORIES. T HE attraction of the MacDonnell correspondence seems irresistible.

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, First of all we had Mr. Long going out of his way to ask a political conundrum, and then imploring his hearers not to trouble their heads about the answer. His hearers...

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THE CHARM OF ACCESSIBILITY.

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T HOSE who know the dark races say that the first thing they desire in their rulers is that they should be accessible. The man in authority should be ready, they think, to hear...

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THE SPIRIT OF SEPTEMBER.

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D ISTINCT among all the months of the year, September marks herself chiefly, perhaps, by her rich and lingering silences. The year divides itself into months of sound and...

HILL TROUT STREAMS.

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A WRITER in last Saturday's Times raises the interest- ing question of what can be done to improve the trout. fishing in mountain streams. To the haughty sportsman it is not a...

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LETTE KS TO THE EDITOR.

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REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. [To THE EDITOR OP THE .. sescraron."] ST, — The Education Bill seems likely to raise seriously the question of the House of Lords, one which,...

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PAN-GERMANISM, HOLLAND, AND BELGIUM.

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[To THE EDITOR 05 TRH "SPECTATOft."] SIR,—Would you allow me to express the feelings of a German reading the leading article about "Pan-Germanism, Holland, and Belgium" in the...

SOME GERMAN POSSIBILITIES. pro THE EDITOR Or THR " SPRCIATOR."]

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SIE,—A remarkable appointment has just been made to the post of Director of the German Colonial Department. The announcement has received ample notice in the Press of this and...

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POOR LAW EXPENDITURE.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—With regard to your criticism in the Spectator of September 1st of my letters to the Times, I would be much obliged if you could...

THE LATE LORD LOVELACE.

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LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOIt.”_1 Sru,—May I say a few words about the bearer of a dis- tinguished name,—Ralph Gordon Noel Milbanke, second Earl of Lovelace, who died very...

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THE TRADE DISPUTES BILL.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE 'SPECTATOR."] thanking you warmly for your powerful article on the unfair provisions of the Trade Disputes Bill in last week's Spectator, will you allow me...

TRADE-UNIONS AND UNEMPLOYMENT. [To Tax EDITOR Or TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,In

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your issue of August 25th you deal with the view of the causes of unemployment put forward by a Times correspondent. His view is not yours. But though I always see the...

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THE ORNAMENTS RITUAL.

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1T9 THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR...] SrR,—As Canon MacColl cannot for the moment verify his references, he will be glad to see the following extracts from the Statute 35 Henry...

LAND-GRABBING IN 17C0.

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LTO THE EDITOR Or TRH 'SPECTATOR:1 Snt,—The following entry in Arthur Young's journal of his travels in Prance, under date January 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1790, may be of interest...

JOHN WESLEY AND ETERNAL TORTURE.

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LTO THE EDITOR OF TIZR "SPECTATOR,"] SIR,—The writer of your article of last week on "Christianity and Conversion" makes the following statement about John Wesley :— " He dwelt...

painted window from within and the Philistine who views it

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from without. The deep conviction of sin that aocompanies a thorough conversion cannot be laid to rest without assurance of forgiveness, which is, I venture to say, not a...

BUTTERFLY-SHOOTING. [To THE EDITOR OF TER " SPROTATOR."]

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Sin,—In your last issue a correspondent, Mr. Tours, suggests that the subject of "big-game shooting" for spiders has been neglected. In his example the spider is the hunter....

MR. ROOSEVELT'S ORTHOGRAPHY.

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[To THE EDITOR OD THE "SPECTATOR,"] SrR,—There is one aspect of the published "spelling reform" emanating from the White House which is somewhat over- looked, and that is the...

"SENIOR" AND " NATU MAJOR."

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ITo THE EDITOR OF THE "SescrAroa.-] SIR,—Mr. Sloman's distinctions are logical enough (Spectator; September 8th). I doubt whether they are practical. The first quotation, co. "...

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THE MONKEYS OF GIBRALTAR.

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[To THE EDITOR Or TEE " SPECTkTOE."] SIR, — With reference to the letter in last week's Spectator about the monkeys of Gibraltar, the Neue Hessische Yolks- blaiter statement is...

Sin,—As soon as I have all the facts and figures

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at my dis- posal, I propose, with your permission, to write a full report of our proceedings, results, and expenses for the information of your readers. Pending the publication...

BOOKS.

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MR. CHESTERTON ON DICKENS.* The present reviewer came to this book half fearing to find Dickens—" the great, the generous, the humane; the thousand and one times to be...

[TO THE EDITOR Or TUE "SPRCTATOR."] SIR, — Like most good things,

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the idea of the Spectator Experimental Company is not wholly new. In 1863 and 1864 Canada was passing through certain searchings of heart as to her Militia system, and one of...

THE "RAND DAILY MAIL."

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[TO THE EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In last week's Spectator, p. 314, you say in a note that "the Rand Daily Mail is admittedly an organ of the capitalists." Will you state...

POETRY.

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COMMON LIFE. (After Antiphilus of Sysantium.—Anth. Pal., IX., 546.) Kiev irpt;avy, Aax&cu UE NOTE crrifids, a 0' in4p airris imeileag tliaxctSedv I-4/4am Supeeptaes, Kal weip...

THE " SPECTATOR " EXPERIMENTAL COMPANY.

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WE have received the following further subscriptions towards meeting additional and unforeseen expenses connected with the Spectator Experimental Company :- Dr. Goodhart E3 3 0...

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JOWETT'S THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS.*

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PROFESSOR LEwrs CAMPBELL has done well in bringing out this volume. This is not to say that the work from which these essays are taken might not have been reprinted with...

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THE GUILDS OF FLORENCE.*

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THE subject of this handsome book is a much larger and more difficult one than appears on the surface. Its thorough study means an immense amount of original research among...

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THE ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE.* Jr is a matter

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for much regret that Mr. T. W. Shore, the author of this very useful book, should have passed away before his work actually appeared. He was working at it to the last. "Some...

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NOVELS.

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THE DREAM AND THE BUSINESS.* THE publication of a posthumous book by a distinguished writer must always be awaited with keen expectation. Some- times it is an inferior...

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The Wickhamses. By W. Pett Ridge. (Methuen and Co. Gs.)

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— The Wiekhamses is a story of a working printer and his family, told with the realistic detail of which Mr. Pett Ridge is a master. The Wickhamses come up from the country in...

Morganatic Marriage. By Carlton Dawe. (Hutchinson and Co. Gs.)—Mr. Carleton

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Dawe's story is so preposterous that it entirely misses the necessary touch of credibility which makes this kind of romance interesting. Royal romances are just now . the...

1 Know a Maiden. By Madame Albanesi. (Methuen and Co.

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6s.)—In her present novel Madame Albanesi deals once more with the world of society,—a world with which she is well acquainted. The interest of the book centres rather in Lady...

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Bcclesia : the Church of Christ. Edited by Arnold Harris

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Matthew. (Burns and Oates. as. 6d. net.)—Mr. Matthew has collected nine essays, written by Roman Catholic divines, on various subjects included in the title of this volume. It...

SOME BOOKS OF TUE NIT - 1nm [Under this heading see tidies

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inch Davis, of the wok as have not been reserved for review in other forms.) Simple Bible Teaching on the Rudiments of Christianity. By Arling Whelpton, M.A. (A. R. Mowbray and...

MRS. STEVENSON'S SAMOAN LETTERS.

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Letters from Samoa (1891 - 1895). By Mrs. M. I. Stevenson. Edited and Arranged by Marie Clothilde Balfour. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—This volume has a greater, or at least more...

The Problem of Poverty and How to Deal with it.

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By the late Samuel Soutar. (Waterlow and Sons. 1d.)—Mr. Soutar's criticism of present arrangements will meet with more approval than will be accorded to his proposals. These...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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IN THE DAYS OF THE DANDIES. In the Days of the Dandies. By Alexander, Lord Lamington. (Evaleigh Nash. 3s. 6d.)—Sir Herbert Maxwell, who edits this interesting volume, says of...

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The Packers and the People. By J. Ogden Armour. (T.

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Werner Laurie. 6s. net.)—Mr. Armour, who, we allow, has every right to be heard, defends the packers. All that has been said against them is, he tells us, the expression of...

The Book of Simple Delights. By Walter Raymond. (Hodder and

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Stoughton. 6s.)—This volume consists of papers de rebus rusticis contributed to various periodicals and newspapers, and now collected and furnished with a slender connexion of...

The Country Press (19 Ball Street, Kensington) publishes a series

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of interesting picture postcards of British Grasses. Twenty- five species are represented with magnified fructification, habitats, and time of flowering. We are glad to see this...

Memorials of Old Somerset. Edited by F. J. Snell. (Bemrose

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and Sons. 15s.)—Mr. Snell has been assisted by a company of efficient writers. He gives in his introductory chapter a sketch of the county history. Somersetshire may claim to be...

The Education Bill : Speech of the Bishop of 1Tereford

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in the House of Lords. (Strangeways and Sons. ld.)—We are glad to see that the Bishop of Hereford's speech on the second reading of the Education Bill in the House of Lords has...

A Late Eighth Century Latin - Anglo - Saxon Glossary. Edited by John Henry

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Ilessels, M.A. (Cambridge University Press. 10s. net.)—Mr. Hessels published in 1890 an edition of a similar Glossary which is preserved in the library of Corpus Christi...

Notes by a Nomad. By W. A. Horn. (Melville and

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Millen. 5s. net.)—The " Nomad " has wandered in New Zealand, in Australia, and in Egypt. He is a quite unconventional person ; he has considerable powers of observation, and...

In " Hutchinson's Popular Classics" (Hutchinson and Co., 10d. and

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is. 6d. net per vol.) we have The Satires and Epistles of Horace, Translated by Philip Francis ; The Christian Year, by John Keble,—a table of dates of Keble's life has been...